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as WASHINGTON. Resignation of Senator Cald- ' well, of Kansas. Important to Holders of Treasury Drafts and Disbursing Officers’ Checks, SENATOR CLAYTON’S CASE. The Post Office Department's Controversy with the Reilroads—Our New Minister tothe South American Republics. WasHinaton, March 22, 1873. Caldwell’s Resignation and Powell Clayten’s Case. After a long and exhaustive debate ef nearly two weeks in the Senate, after a lavish expenditure of breath, of legal lore and pyrotechnical rhetoric, Caldwell has forestalled the judgment of that sugust body by resigning his seat as a Senator from Kansas. The announcement of his resigna- tion by the Vice Presideat produced no surprise in the Chamber, for it was expected. The moral effect of Caldwell’s step is almost the same ag would be the moral effect of expulsion, for every one who has watched the debate in the Senate during the last few days knows that he resigned because he feared the worst, and in order to anticipate the stigma of the extreme pen- alty. after some desultory talk, in which many Senators took part, it was agreed to take up the Ulayton case, and the Clerk read the whele report of the special committee which was charged with the investigation of the case. By the time he got to the middle of the report the Chamber was de- verted, and probably the only person who derived any information from it was the reader himself. When it was concluded the Senate went into execu- tive seasion. ‘The Senate is not dispesed to spend much time on Clayten, and deubtiess will agree to the resolution of the special committee declaring the charges against him to be wholly groundless. Several Senators will make an atvempt to adjourn to-morrow, and there 1s a fair prospect that the special session will come to an end by Wednesday evening. The Charges Against Clayton. The investigation into the charges against Sena- tor Clayton was commenced in January, 1872, by geselect committec, composed of Senators Wright and Morrill, of Maine (republicans), and Senator Norwood (democrat). ‘Their final report was made om the 26th of February last. Mr. Clayton is tharge@ with having, while Governor of Kansas, nged corrupt means in several ways to secure his election to the United States Senate. The majority reperted that the charges were not sustained, and Mr. Norwood dissented. Important to Holders of Treasury Drafts and Disbursing Officers’ Checks. ‘The withholding in their possession for months, and even years, by the public creditors of the Treasury, drafts and United States disbursing oM- vers’ checks, under the umpression that they may be presented at the office of the government de- positoryon whom drawn, and payment thereon obtained at any time, has caused the Treasury much embarrassment and trouble, and is greatly retarding the settlement of disbursing efficers’ accounts. Accordingly the Secretary of the Treas- ary has issued, and directed a rigid enforcement ‘of, a regulation which require the Treasurer, all Assistant Treasurers and depositories of the Dnited States to refuse the payment of all oficial cheeks of United States disbursing officers i presented more than four months after their issue, and all ‘Treasury drafts and disbursing ofMcers’ checks presented more than three years after their issue. All checks, payment on which has thus been refused, will have them forwarded tothe Secretary of the freasury, the former tor examination and verifica- tion, with the drawer’s accounts, and the latter fer the statement of new accounts, These regulations are based upon the twenty-first section of the act of August 6, 1846, which makes it the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue and publish regulations to enforce the speedy presentation of all government draits and checks for payment at the place where payable, and in default of such presentation to direct any other mode and place ef payment which he may deem proper, and the actof May 2, 1866, which requires the repayment imto the Treasury to the credit of outstanding abilities of all Treasury drafts ana disbursing officers’ checks outstanding over three years. Gemry Wilson’s Opposition to Grant's Promotion. ‘The President has recently learned, for the first time, that when he was nominated for appoint. ment as Brigadier General, in 1861, the nomination was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. After a while Senator Henry Wilson, then Chair- @an of that committee, reported back the nomina- tion without any recommendation that it should be either confirmed or rejected; and, on being ques- tioned, said that the committee had been iniormed eat Colonel Grant was addicted to the intemperate ase of intoxicating liquors. One of the Illinois Senators denicd the truth of this assertion, and sent to his committee room fora letter from J. D. Webster, then on Grant’s staff, which testified to temperate habits. Senator Clark;'of New Hamp- shire, testified to Captain Webster's veracity; and, 98 brigadiers were then in demand, Grant wag con- ‘@rmed, but no thanks to Wilson. The Postal Service and the Railroads, ‘The hostile attitude assumed by the railroad companies towards the postal service, in threaten- ing to withdraw their railway post office carson the Ist of April next, is viewed by the Post Office Department as directly in the face of the most favorable action by the Department towards the companies. The Department, in 1867, obtained returns upon @ uniform plan from all the railroad routes in the country as the basis for readjusting the pay according to the comparative value and importance ofthe mail service they performed. These re- turns were analyzed in the Department with great labor and care, and the reports for the years suc- ceeding 1867 show a net increase of the annual pay a8 follows:—In 1868, on seventy-one routes re-ad- justed, $150,320; in 1869, on seventy-eight routes, $60,853; in 1870, on ninety-eight routes, $213,688; in 1871, on fifty-nine routes, $205,448, and in 1872, on 103 routes, $354,865. These advances were made under the old law of 1845, and were the result of the most caretul and considerate attention to the subject on the part of the Post Office Department. Postmas- ter General Creswell, in his annual reports, has re- peatedly asked authority of law to grant a further increase, and Congress responded at its late session by appropriating half a million of dol- lars for this express purpose. Nearly the whole of this increase will inure to the benefit of afew jJeading companies, and the return proposed by these very companies for the concession made on the part of the government is a threat to withdraw the railway postal cars on the Ist of April. The statement, in ® communication on behalf of the railroad companies in a late number of a New York paper, that in 1868 Postmaster General Randall recommended to Congress an increase of 100 per cent in the rates of railroad pay, is con- tradicted by his report for that year, in which he reviews at considerabie length the draft o1 an act to change the rates presented by a Railroad Committee on Mail Service, to be submitted, if ap- proved by him, to Congress for its adoption. He shows that the effect of adopting the rates pro- posed in said draft would be to increase the an- nual ‘expense for ratiroad mail service from $3,812,600, 118 amount in 1867, to $21,710,023, an ex- cess of $17,807,422. He concludes by remark- ing ‘that, “the Department, forbearing ‘upon «such «a showing to take = any part in presenting the proposed act to the Post ice Committees of the two Houses of Congress, proceeded with the work Of readjusting the of pay on the railroad routes upon @ scale thin the limits of existing Jawa and wach more | ‘NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1873.—-QUADRUPLE SHEET. compatible with the resources at its command. The demand now made in the name of the railroad companies is doubtless of a piece with that of 1868, which Postmaster General Randall forbore to take any part in presenting te Con- gress. The cost of railroad mail servica has since then increased to $6,502,771 per annum. Aproporuonate advance on this sum would in- volve an annual expenditure of $37,028,617 for the single item of railroad mail transportation, an excess of $30,525,846 over its present cest and $6,125,460 more than the whole estimated expendi- tures of the D epartment for the year ending June 30, 1874. If on @ demand of this nature the railroad companies would seem, as the communication alluded to alleges, to court the judgment of the public, their wish in this respect will probabiy be more than gratified. Assessors Appointed Collectors of Internal Revenue. The President has appointed the follewing Arses- sors to be Collectors of Imternal Revenue:—B, B. Eggelston, Second district of Mississipp!; Henry M. Taylor, Third district of Texas; Frank White, Seventh district of Indiana; James R. Hayden, Washington Territory; Benjamin F. Wall, Ninth a.strict ef Massachusetts. The ofice of Collector in the Ninth Maseachusets district is vacated by Luke Lyman, under the pro- visions of the Executive order of January 17, and the Assessor, Norcross, declined the appointment. ‘Phe Fate of the Brigantine Mary Celeste. ‘The fellowing circular relative te the brigantine Mary Celeste, found derelict at sea, has been issued frum the Treasury Department, directed to collectors of customs and others:— You are requested to furnish this department with any information you may be able to obtain affording a clew which may lead to a discovery of all the 1acts concerning the desertion of a vessel foand on the 138th of December last in latitude 2820 north and longitude 17 51 west, derelict at sea, and which was towed into the harbor of Gibraltar by the British vessel Dei Gratia, and there libelled by the sal- vors. From the log of the abandoned vessel she is supposed to be the American brigan- tune Mary Celeste, bound irom New York to Genoa, and it is supposed that she hailed from New York and that ber master’s name was Briggs. The cir- cumstances of the case tend to arouse grave sus- Picions that the master, his wife and child and perhaps the chief mate were murdered in the fury of drunkenness by the crew, who had evidently gained access to the alcohol with which the vessel was in part laden. It is thought that the vessel was abandoned by the crew between the 25th day of November and the oth day of December, and that they either perished at sea, or more likely escaped on some vessel bound for some north or South American port or the West India Islands. When discovered the derelict vessel was thoroughly sound with the exception oi the bows which had been impaired by some sharp instru- ment. She was well found and provisioned, and no reason for her desertion was apparent. A sword with the appdarance of blood thereon, .was on board, and marks of blood were found upon the sails. The vessel’s documents and chronometer have not been found, but almost the whole of the personal effects of the master and his wife and child, and of the crew were discovered in @ good condition, and books, trinkets, gold lockets aud female wearing apparel of superior quality were telt untouched in the cabin. ‘The log was complete to noon of the 24th of November. Many other details concerning the matter are in the possession of the Department and will be furnished on application if necessary, Our New Minister to the South American Republics. ‘Yhe commissions of the present Ministers to the Central American States will expire the 1st of July, when by a law of Congress the missions will be con- solidated and only one Minister assigned to ail those States. It is said to-night that probably Col- onel Williamson, of Shreveport, La., will receive the appointment. Senatorial Solons to Visit West Point. Vice President Wilson this morning appointed Senators Sherman and Stevenson members of the Board of Visitors to West Point, in accogdance with the law requiring two Senators to be on the Board. Lamberton’s Charred Notes. Treasurer Spinner received to-day two large boxes from Franklin, Pa., containing the charred remains of $100,000 in United States notes and bonds, national notes, Pacific Railroad bonds, &c., which Thomas J. Anderson, the cashier of Lam- berton’s Bank, at Franklin, attempted to destroy by burning a short time ago, after which he blew out his brains with a pistol. The notes are sent here for identification. ‘Woe for Vaterland. The lager beer brewery of Herman Richmer was seized here to-day for alleged violation of the reve- nue laws regulating the monthly returns and stamps on fermented liquors. Collector Casey Again. The Senate to-day, at the instance of Senator West, reconsidered the vote confrming Colonel Casey as Collector of New Orleans, but alter de~ bate the nomination was again. confirmed. A Sad Delegation at the White House. The widow, mother and sister of Cunningnam were at the Executive Mansion to-day, intending, it is said, to protest against the commutation of O’Brien’s sentence. They did not, hewever, have &n audience with the President, Nominations. The President to-day sent the following nomina- tions to the Senate: E. D. Niccolls, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Independence, Kansas; and A. H. Barnes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota Territory. Confirmations, The Senate in executive session to-day confirmed the following nominations :— A. H. Barnett, to be Associate Justice of the Su- preme Court of Dakota Territory; Robert Kellen, of the District of Columbia, Consul at St. Martins, West Indies; Isadore Estinger, Appraiser of Mer- chandise at Evansville, ind. ; Joseph Jorjinson, Col- lector of Customs at Petersburg, Va.; W. J. Mc- Cormick, ‘Collector of Customs at San bi Cal. ; 0, B. H. mn lector of internal Kevenue Ed Cat ied a a eu nycreye rer Edwin A. loward, Indian Agent for the Whetstone Agenc: Daketa; Jesse W. Griest, of Pennsyivan' amet | mg hg mg Ng hon Ihe 5 ss CB 3 Jason B. Brown, of Indiana, Secre’ of Wyo- ming, vice Glateke, removed. Treasury Balances. The balances in the Treasury to-day are as fol- lows — QUPTORET 6... ccccccecsccncs soccecce seevees $2,316,996 For redemption of certificates oi deposit. 29,380,000 COM... seessececeeesseces + 67,549,014 Including coin certificates 24,480, UNITED STATES SENATE. mation of Senator Caldwell—Clay- ton’s Case Taken Up—A_ Reselution Offered Congra: ting the Spanish Republic. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1873, The Vice President laid before the Senate the following letter :— WasHINGTON, D. U., March 1873. - een Wuison, Vice President of the United Sin—I do hereby very respectfully notify you, and through you the Senate of the United State: that I have resigned and do resign my seat in tha’ body as u scuator from the Stave of Kansas, and that I have iorwarded by mail, prepaid, addressed to the chief executive officer of that State, at Topeka, Kansas, a resignation in the fol- lowing Jorm, to wi UNiTED SraTes SENATE CHAMBER, March 24, 1873. ae EXCELLENCY THE GOVEROR OF Kansas, Topeka, an. hereby respectfully tender you my resigna- tion as @ Senator of the United Mates trom the State of Kansas, to take effect immediately. Very respectfully your obedient servant, ALEXANDER CALDWELL. I have also delivered in person to the Hon. Thomas A, Osborac, the Governor uf Kansas, now im this city, a duplicate of the paper forwarded, whose acknowledgment of the receipt thereot is herewith enclosed. Very respectfully your obe- dient servant, ALEXANDER C. WELL, *. onan LL ag } ASHINGTON, March 2 . ‘To Hen, A. Caipw! Washington, Dy 0. :— Sin—I hereby acknowledge the — of your letter of this ney | ed seat in the Senate oF the United States asa Senator irom the State of Kansas. Ver; SUDOnNT Sr ovedient servant, THOMAS A. OSBORNE, Governor of Kansas. Mr. WRIGHT, (rep.) of Unio, inquired whether the Senator from Indiana (Mr. ‘Morton) proposed to take any further steps in the case ? Mr. MORTON, (rep.) of Ind., replied that it was hot competent fer the Senate to expe! a man not a eeate ees the L— vacant. Thereiore he dered his doties as chairman of the e on Priviteges and Elections at an end. baa raed Mr. PRNTON, (lib.) of N. said he had intended to make a speech on the Caldwell case had been dispesed of by the ena’ Senator, it weuld not be pertinent now te do Mr. Wagar moved that the Senate take up THR CLAYTON CASE. Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) Of Ohio, said that he had never found time to read the testimony, which makes seven or it hundred printed pages. Mr. Waiaut, of Ohio, rep that @ very | portion of thé fesumeny had nothing jo de with the facts involved, and it would require but two or three hours to perfectly understand the case. It was due to the Senator from Arkaasas, to the Senate and to the country, to ‘dispose of the ques- tion before the adjéurnment, - The oy | ‘was that the case should be taken up r the Senate disposed of the Caldwell case. Mr. CLAYTON, (rep.) of Arkansas, remarked that it was due to himself and to the State which he represented or misrepresented that his case be now acted on. The Le; ture was now iD and he appealed to all Senators who wished to dea justly in all things to now proceed to the consider- ation of the subject. Mr. Norwoop, (dem.) of Georgia, of the minority of the committee in the Clayton investigation, was posed to the consideration of the subject at this ime, believing that Se rs have not had an op- tunity to become acquainted with all the facta, if the niatter be now determined, whether pro or con,, the country would say the decision was without due consideration, or that it was a snap judgment, Mr. ALCORN, (rep.) of Mias., contended it was the duty of the Senate to consider the subject at this session and not postpone it till next Winter. The Senator from Arkansas had appealed for action and was ready to meet the charges. He stood here under indictment, and the Senate should render their verdict. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., did not see how they could avoid acting on the case now. It was due to the Senator from Arkansas and the country that they should do so. Mr. BAYARD, (dem,) of Del., did not think they could give to the case that degree of intelligent attention which would make the vote of the sen- ate decisive of Cabos | and said that if he should not have an opportunity to understand the tacts he should not vote at all. Mr. Fgrry, (rep.) of Conn., remarked that he had read the testimony, and from a knowledge of the facts thas derived he was conviticed that even- handed justice could be reached 4 taking up, con- sidering and voting on thé quostion. TUE SUBJECT TAKEN UP. The Senate then decided to take up the Clayton case—yeas 36, nays 14—as follows :— Yeas—Messrs,/Alcorn, Allison, Ames, Bogy, Boreman, Boutwel}, Buckingham, Chandler, Cragin, Dorsey, Ferry of Conn.), Ferry (ot Mich.), Frelinghuysen, Goldihwaite, itchcock, Howe, Ingatls, Lewis, Logan, Mitchell, Mor: rill (ot Me, Morrill (or Vt), Morton, Oglesby, Patterson, Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson, Sargent, scott, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, West, Windom, Wright—36, Nays—Messes. Bayard, Casserly, Davis, Fenton, Gor- don, Hamilton (Texas), Kelley, MeCreery, Merrimon, Norwood, Swulsbury, Stevenson, Stockton’ and Thur: man—l4, ‘The resolution before the Senate was as follows :— Resolved, That the charges made and referred to a Select Committee of the last Congress, affecting the | official character and conduct of Powell Clayton, are not sustained. Mr. Wricut, of Iowa, said that he, after con- sultation with other members of the committee, had come to the concinsion that the subject should go over to-day, as the Senate did not now seem prepared for 1t8 discussion, but would be to-mor- row. ig report of the committee in the case was read. No further action was taken. 5 Mr. ANTHONY, (rep.) of R. L, submitted the fol- lowing, which was adopted :— Resolved, That there be printed and bound, with an in- ex, to be prepared under the direction of the Committee n Printing, THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD for the present executive session of the Senate, ten copies for each Senator, the Vice President, and pany of the Senate, five copies for each member of the House, two copies jor each execu- tive department, five copies of each tor the libraries of Congress, of the Senate, of the House, and three hundred copies to be sold by the Con- gressional Printer at the cost of presswork, paper and binding. THE POST OFFICE AND THE RAILROADS. Mr. WINDOM, (rep.) of Minn., submitted the fol- lowing, which was laid over: Resolved, That the sclect committec on Tranportation Routes to the Seaboard be directed to inquire and report to the Senate, at its next session, as to t tent of the obligations subsisting bet “ai companies and the postal ice of the country, and whether any and what additional legislation is neces- sary to gual postal service against interruption or say by hostile action on the part of any or all of said railroad companies % “ SPAIN AND PORTO RICO. Mr. MORTON, of Indiana, offered the following resolution, which was read and ordered to be printed :— Resolved, That the Senate of the United States has re- ceived with joy the intelligence that the republican gov- ernment of Spain have abolished pavery 1m the island of Porto Rieo, ani raised the colored people of that island from the condition ot slaves to the rights and privileges ot citizens of the spanish Republic. Resolved, That by. this act the people of Spain have given a new assurance to the world that in establishing republican institutions they are actuated by a genuine love of liberty and sincere regard for the natural rights of allinen,and that it willbe accepted as an omen of the power and perpetuity of the Spanish Republic. The Senate went into executive session, and when the doors were opened (at half-past four o'clock) Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, made a statement with reference toa young man named McConnell, one of the principal witnesses against Senator Clayton, saying that McConnell was @ Pennsylvanian and he knew him well, and that eng iee. he should say was utterly unworthy of credit, The Senate then adjourned until half-past ten o'clock to-morrow morning. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. sess eS The Forcign Representatives at the Federai Capital—John Bulls Own— Senatorial Symposiams—A Reign of Duiness and Stupidity. WASHINGTON, March 21, 1873, Four score years ago, when Washington was President, and the federal government was tem- porarily located at Philadelphia, a number of high- bred Frenchmen, driveu from their homes by the Revolution, enjoyed the hospitalities of the Quaker city. One of them was the Viscount de Noailles, a brother-in-law of Lafayette, who was permitted to occupy some upper rooms ina building which stooa in the garden of the wealthy Mr. Bingham, whose daughter married Alexander Baring, after- wards Lord Ashburton, In these Bohe- mian quarters Chateaubriand, Louis Phil- lippe d@’Orleans, Talleyrand, the Duke de la Rochefocault and other noted emigres used to meet, te lament over the sad condition of la belle France, and to criticise those who so cordially wel- comed them in the New World, Since then France* has been the scene of many political changes; but many of her old historic families have maintained their ascendency, and we now find the Marquis de Noailles here as the diplomatic representative of the Thiers republic. He isa scholarly, agreeable gentleman, with a most charming wife, and they are endeavoring to restore ‘THE PRENOH LEGATION to its original position as the home of the Envoy Extraordinary of our most ancient ally. Unforta- nately, the Marquis could not find a house which suited him, and he had two adjacent dwellings connected, which give him a good deal of room, or rather a good many rooms, but they lack effect and remind one of an enlarged boarding house, ‘They are handsomely fitted up, though, and his table is almest equal to that of M. de Montholon, when he saved the Corcoran mansion from veing turned into a hospital by throw- ing over it the diplomatic protection of his presence. The Marquis has been fortunate in finding established here in a semi-official position M. ae Chambrun, who became noted last year from his connection with the sale of arms to France, and whese wile is also a connection of the Lafayettes. M, de Chambrun is Vami tntime of Secretary Fish, Caleb Cusaiug, Charles Sumner and other leading men, to whom he retaiis the gossip of newspaper row, receiving im return items Of news, which he carries to Fourteenth street. Knowing everybody and known by every one, he has been of great assistance to M. de Noailles and his charming Wile, whose broken ng- lish adds to the vivacity of her remarks, THE BRITISH LEGATION. has been located for some years in the villa-like house originally euilt by one of the banker Kiggs emily, but enlarged and fitted up by Knap, of Pittsburg, who amassed a ferture by casting great guns during the war. But Knap, aiter a residence abroad, proposes to return to his own fireside, and the British lions must tind another den, Sir Edward Thornton is very popular here, although having been brougat up irom talancy in diplomauc service, he is non-committal, reserved and un- communicative. But Lady Thornten, who has the height and figure of the ex-Empress Eugénie, has # winsome, Scotch Way that makes her a favorite, whiie, a8 @ devoted mother, she rivals her Queen. Sir Edward spends his table-money relig- dinng and wining Congressmen gives two or thre tunning evening arties at which the jeeds are famous, ince was here and when the High Joints silumi- nated Washington with their presence the Thorn- tons did wonders in the way of entertamment. Every one hopes that they witl find a good house, and not only entertain, but farnish entertainmen by @ fresh importation of SNOBBISH YOUNG APRACHRS, who evidently think that they are supported on one side by ine lion and on the other by the uni- corn a8 they swell about with small grasses pain- fully Serewed into the left eye ond pantaloons 80 ught that they dare not sit down. airs that some of these diplomatic — put-ew are faith- fuily copied by a set of domestic duckings who draw clerical pay in departinents or bankin houses, but who affect to he la créme de a créme @! Washington society, while they are oe by the more sensible girls a8 mere skim-milk. Biacque Bey is the doyen of tue diplomates and a rather oe alg | looking chi ion os Mohammed, Alas! however, he is no’ lem, but the son of a clever French editor named Bjack, who for years published @ smail ae ad at Constantinople, Seeeang some property and a dipiomatic career his son. Blacque Bey’s firat wile was 2 daughter 01 Dr. Mott, ence a Ln Bn jiclan in New York, and her brother, General Mott, js now ors mili- tary cockalorum in the service of tbe ye Of Feypt. An oceasiona) dinner enlivens the Turk- ish Legation, and so of the wig Bap mabe serta- dim, but none of them equal gorgeous les of old Baron de Bodisca. . ‘fhe wines, powerer, at al diplomatic is are good, they are im- ported tree of duty—a privilege which is often abused by the importation of large quantities just before a Minister goes away, when it ie sold at auction, realizing a large @ good share of which should be paid into the Treasury as duty. THE SENATORIAL SEASON, which was delightiul for @ t, wearisome, as the members of the got tired of meeting each other at those wi alter espec! with puckingtame re coffee the only bev at these re wae peay—who have drawn and who mean virtuously refuse jt and hurl it back inte the Treasury. One of them, the V ivelaeadree of Oregon, who has just leit the rich man, finding that he only $130 20 coming to nim on his back pay score after the deductien of his mile- bad gg a pock- re} cash; Trumbull, the virtuous and immacu- late, did not wish to have any more money than he could help in Grant’s treasury, se he receipted for his quota; Nye ceuld not refuse a pecuniary joke of such Value, and THE CARPRI-BAGGERS OF HIGH AND LOW DEGREE have pocketed the spoils. Wha the rich old Sena- tors, such as Anthony, Buckingham, Cenkling, Edmunds, Fenton, Sherman, Sprague an¢ othe! will do remains to be seen. Feur or five thousan dollars more er less is nothing to them, and if they can advertise their virtue at a small cost they may do so. But the probabilities are that one after an- other peey willexchange their autographs on the -clerk’s receipt book for checks on the Treasury. e Congressmen, however, have wisbed that the pay question had never been agitated, as THE FEMALE CLERKS in the departments are very angry that their pay was not raised also, The present, style of dress is #0 expensive, they say, that they cannot appear a@ la mode tor the money they now receive, and, like Oliver Twist, they ask for more. Meanwhile the metropolis 1s getting to be duller and dulier, and the sojourners have nearly all departed. Fami- lies who hive leased all their good rooms are now coming up from their basements and dewn from ‘heir garrets to occupy their parlors again, Hotel clerks lawn obsequiously over newly arrived guests and give them the best of rooms, low down. Bootvlacks have lowered their charges to five cents a shine, and everything else is on a recess footing. In a few weeks more we shall have lilacs and strawberries, out-ol-door concerws by the Ma- rine Band, excursions down river and Executive edicts from Long Branch, The Kensett Pictures—First Night’s Sale. Last evening was the first of the series that are to be devoted to the sale of the Kensett pietures. ‘The affair came off in the lecture room of Associa- tion Hall, and convened an unwonted number of artists, critics, connoisseurs and dilettante. The hall was well filled, and the wise provision had been taken of issuing tickcts securing reserved seats, To the merit of these pictures repeated ref- erence has lately been made in these columns, and we do not see that any more is now to be added. The sale was exceedingly spirited last evening. Mr. R. Y. Olyphant made a few introductory remarks. The second evening’s sale occurs to-night. The following prices were re- alized, exclusive of the frames:—Scene in Bergen Park, Colorado, $85; Glimpse on Lake George, $185; Lake George, $80; Scene on the Hudson River, by Frank Anderson, $65; Study of 4 ‘ree, Catskill Mountains, N. Y., $310; Reminiscence of Cole, $265; Caraban Mountains, trom Vaimount, Colorado, $95; The Glen, $185; Rydal Waters, $70; Near Central City, Colorado, $110; Rydal Waters, hse, layer $96; Chita at North Conway, N. H., $200; Bergen Park, near Idaho Springs, Colorado, $156; Recollections of a Storm from vhe Hudson, $190; Sunset, $80; Morning {rom the Sunset, near Idaho City, Colorado, $85; Old Oaks im Genessee, $90; Narragansett Shore, $175; Coneses Lake, hear Geneseo, $180; Among the Adirondacks, N. Y., $100; Near New- ort, $310; The Vale, $158; Near Nortl Conway, N. , $280; English Oak Study, $180; On the Hudson, 280; Windsor Fqrest, $150; Mount Chicorua, $110; Black Mountain, Lake George, $370; The Bridge Over the Glen, $830; Bergen Park, near George- town, Colorado, $135; October ‘on the Hud- son, $156; Sunrise on Lake George, $120; The Snowy Range, near Georgetown, Colo- rado, $180; The Pond, near Newort, R. 1. $370; Coast Scene, $160; A’ Painted Ship’on a Painted Ocean (by L. R. Mignot), $60; View on the Hudson, near Sing Sing, $185; Scotch Cove, Darien, Conn., $215; A Study (by L. Lang), $25; Lake George, $300; Adirondacks, $270; Niagara, from the Canadian Side, $220; The Glen, near Dobbs’ Ferry, $250; ‘Beverly Coast, Mags., $1,600; Winter on the Campagna, $175; The Uhits, N. A. $290; On the Missour: ver, » $400; New Engiand Scenery, $150; Lake George, $400; Morning in the ‘Adirondagks, $200; Lengneck Point, from Content- =? isiand,~Conn., $875; Near Newport, RL, $156; Cottage in Branen, Switzerland (unknown), $50; A Study, by A. B. Durand, $180; Bolton Land- ing, Lake George, $120; Scene en the North River, $140; Clear Creek, Golden City, Colorado, $170; Study in Kautersville Clove, Catskill Mountatns, faa Lake Study, $80; Near Beverly, Mass., $50; ridge Over the 5 tte! Me., $60; From the Hill South of Ambiesidy, gids; ‘Autumn Trees, a Study, $110; The Cleit » & Study, $200; The Farm in Autumn, $160; Mountain Stream, Eng- Jand, $65; Pleasant Valley, $125; Cool Retreat, $250 ; Moonrise, Echo Lake, 75; Study on the nay Newport, $130: intrance to the Chigo Villa, Mount Albans, Italy, $100; Indian Brook, $165; Newport, R. 1., $160; Na- hant, $105; Cumberland Mountains, England, $80; Chicora Mountain, N.H,, study for a Picture in Century Club, $266; Lake ieorge, Entrance to the Narrows, $200; Fontainbleau, $60; In the White Mountains, $210; Glen on the ‘Hudson, $165; Niagara, Below the Falls, $65; Nit Falis, $60; Along the Connecticut Shore, Lake George, $85; Near Newport, R. 1., H White Birch In October, $260; Composition, $1005 Study of a Butternut Tree, $130; The nape Ni- ara, $175; Over the Saco, Friburg, Me., $50; ear Stockbridge, , $180; Manchester Coast, $250; shrine Near 7 (by A. T. Tait), $60; italy, 3 Narragansett Coast, $160; 8, ly, Mass., $150; Central New York, $200; A Mountain Pool, $240; Chicorua, from near Friburg, Me., $115: The Adirondacks and Lake Champiain, irom Colonel Cannon’s, il ton, Vt., $150; Chicorua, White eons, ee 3 Rocks in the White Mountains, $200; Coast, New- R. 1 $160; Hudson River, $160, Mountain tream, $185; ‘The Fiume, N. it, $200; the Sound, Darien, Conn., $530; Hiilside, near New- port, h 1, $190; Hudson River, Dobbs’ Ferry, $30; ‘ood Scene, Conesus Lake, Geneseo, $230; Coast Scene, $120. 1 J. F. Cropsey. Halfa dozen finished and undnished pictores are to be found in the industrious atelier of Mr. J. ¥. Cropsey, 200 West Forty-third street. English subjects have lately been employing his brush, and ‘among the most interesting of these fs a scene in Kent, representing one of those few antique Dutch windmills which atill exist in that part of the country. ‘The windmill occupies the centre of the picture, and stands in the middle of an irregular patch of green, on which a few sheep are grazing. The left of the picture contains a house with gable roof, red tiles and latticework, in true old English style. A road winds up to the entrance, and by the gate stands a horse on which sits @ youngster with drover’s frock on, talking to an old man similarly dressed. A family group, consisting of a mother and her little ones, stands nea’ The cottage is surrounded with an irreg fence, which, extending to the Pager, hed ma wood. The whole scene is intensely English an charmingly peeraegre such @ one as, With the exception of the old Dutch windmill, might reproduced from many @ county of homely peacetul England, Mr. Cropsey also has some views which are American in locality and sentiment; ‘Greenwood Lake” is conspicuous among these. It is full of lightness, brightness and sweetness. The land- scape is pervaded with rosy hue, which the water reflects. The Autumn trees are decply dyed with red and orange and the clouds are full of golden light. The treatment of this theme suggests some of the more recent and successiu! elaborations of William Hart in the same ciass of subjects, but at the same time they are thoroughly original and strong. A “View on the Hudson” is another work in the same strain, A flood of yellow light, uninterrupted only by’ the rosy clouds, behind which the sun veils hiuself, falls upon the land- scape. Two tall, lonely and erect upon the left hand; distant skits glide gr: fully through the water. The sentiment is ver: quiet. A‘“scene Among the White Mountains’? presents the observer with a periect network of color, in Which tint and shade are most cunningly and ieu juely tangled, in the Isle of Wight” is only sketched as yet, but Promises to make a@ rich and delicate composition, A sort of gorgeous Autuma dream is discovered in another picturo. (the jast to which we can now re- fer), All the splendid idiosyncracies of Autumn are contrasted in this wonderful littie labor, Mr. Oropsey has in hand a number of other new works, to which we shall preséntiy refer. THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT, Defeat of the Government by a Majority of Four, urrawa, March 24, 1973, In the Dominion Parliament to-day the govern- ment was defeated, The question arose on a de- cision of the Speaker in regard to an election peti- tion against an oppositien member. The govern- Ment supported the Speaker, but, on a division of the House, wae beaten by four maiority. THE QOODRICH TRAGEDY. Still a Mystery--Further Theories and Facts--- What the Detectives Have to Say---A Strange Visitor from New York. TWO MYSTERIOUS LETTERS. Qharles Goodrich’s Morality in Question— The Unknown Woman in the House in Degraw Street. CORONER’S INQUEST LAST EVENING. No tragedy has occurred in Brooklyn in many years which has attracted such widespread interest in the community and been surrounded with so much mystery as the supposed murder of Mr. Charles Goodrich, the real estate speculator, who was discovered in his dwelling last Friday morn- ing with his brain pierced by three bullets. Had Mr. Goodrich been murdered for his money or whatever property a thief might secure by the taking of his life, perhaps the interest would net be 80 great, although the citizens would, of course, look to the authorities for that protection from midnight assassins which they have a right to ex- pect. But when the deed seems to have been done for an entirely different purpose, as in the case of Mr. Goodrich, as has been hinted, and when women are concerned either directly or indirectly in his terrible fate, then the interest naturally be- comes very great, and everything which may be written concerning it is eagerly scanned. It was found, when the body was first discovered, that there had been an attempt to remove the blood from thé face of the unfortunate man, and this, it oT) pretty,pvident, would not have been done by @ burgls If this was done by "HE PERSON WHO TOOK HIS LIFE, and it ls patty evident that it was, the heart of that person was filled with remorse, and tears may have mingled nh the blood-stained hairs of his head. There are not a few at the present time who incline to the belief that the life of Mr. Goodrich was taken by a woman, and the cause was that of jealousy, It is said that he was engaged to be married toa very estimable and handsome young lady, residing in New York, and the fact that he had another woman with him in the house in which his body was discovered, up to within aday or two before he was found shot, has been pretty clearly estab- lished from the reports of persons who reside in the immediate vicinity. That he had A DIFFICULTY WITH A WOMAN there a short time since, and that the cries of murder were heard is not denied. Yet, to all ap- Pearances, Mr. Goodrich appeared to be a very moral, upright man, a member if not a constant attendant at the Memorial Presbyterian church. The members of the press, believing the au- thorities to be cognizant of many interesting facts which might be likely to throw some light upon the hornble affair, have naturally looked to them for information, and being unable to secure any nave been compelled to seek elsewhere to supply what is expected of them from the different papers to which they are attached. Every person within a block or two of the vicinity of the tragedy; every person, #0 far as can be ascertained, who ever knew or heard of Mr. Goodrich has been inter- viewed. Some of the people who reside in the im- Mediate neighborhood, say that between the re- porters and the members of the press the life has been nearly harrassed out of them. The house in which the body was discovered has also been vis- ited by thousands of people, who appeared anxious to satisly @ morbid curiosity. A MAN IN CUSTODY. The police yesterday produced another actor in the tragedy in the person of a man about six feet in height, light complexion and sandy whiskers and very resj bly dressed, Who was represented to have had business relations with Mr. Charles Goodrich, The man was brought from New York, but the oMcers declined to give his name or in what manner he was concerned in the case. After being closeted with Chief Campbell for avout two hours the man, accompanied by Coroner Whitehill, went over to the office of the latter, in the Court House, where District Attorney Britton was wait- . ‘the three remained in the Coroner's private ce until half-past two o’clook P. M., when the Beeerone stranger and Mr. Britton went to the District Attorney's office, where they were closeted together for nearly an hour, What transpired during these two interviews is known only to the parties themselves. ‘They declined to reveal anything that was said or done, or to state what connection, if any, the appretiended party had with the case. Ooroner Whitehill, however, said that he was an important witness, but in what respect he would not say. It was reported that this man held some mortgages upon the property of the deceased. After the interview with the Dis- trict Attorney he was allowed to depart. Mr. Britton, who has taken a very active inter- est in the case irom the first, says that he is pretty well satisfied as to THE PERSON WHO COMMITTED THE MURDER. This person has not as yet been discovered, but the nag are in hopes of securing the party in a short 1e. it is stated by an officer that at one time the de- ceased was intimate with a certain woian, by whom he hada child. The child, however, soou died, and the fact of the intimacy was kept trom the knowledge of Mr. Goodrich’s relatives and friends. The intimacy was terminated a short time thereaiter. It is said that Mr. Goodrich formed the acquaintance of another woman in New York through the medium of a “personal” advertise- ment, and corresponded with her for some time. ‘The result was that HE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO HIS HOUSE, and the mock marriage alluded to yeste lowed. ‘Thus, it will be seen, there are two concerned in the cuse, and the belief is entertained by many who are familiar with the circumstances oLthe that Mr, Goodrich was either mur- dered by one of them sorouetty’ the latter) or by some man who had espoused her cause. Frequent allusion has been made since the dis- covery of the tragedy to two letters whic. the ice have taken of and which have @ earing om the case. One of them is froma wo- man to the father of the deceased, intorming him of his son’s conduct to her. This is one of the women with whom Charles Goodrich had been so intimate, SHE COMPLAINS BITTERLY of the treatment she nad been subjected to and made certain demands in satisfaction for her wrongs of Mr. Goodrich, Sr. %, The other letter was addressed Yo Charles Good- rich himself and upbraidea him for his conduct and demanded that ne should make reparation. It does not appear that any response was made twoeither of these letters, and the supposition is that the woman, FOILRD IN HER ATTEMPT to obtain satisfaction pecuniarily, and actuated bya Ly of revenge, hounded Mr. Goodrich and brought the unpleasant relations between them to summary end by assassinating him to lis own house. Another theory is that the woman had a man erase ioe and between them both they mur- dered Mr. Goodrich, laid out ms body in sucha manner as they supposed would give the case THE APPEARANCE OF SUICIDE, and then fled, taking his watch and chain with them, INTERVIEW WITH DETECTIVE VIDETO. A HERALD reperter meeting Detective Videto yesterday intervicwea him concerning the case. RevorreR—Mr. Videto, you have been engaged in endeavoring to clear up the mystery surround- my this case, have you not? BTECTIVE— Well, yes; I have been at work pretty constantly for the past three days, Rerortek—Have you ascertained whether the deceased committed suicide or was murdered ¢ Derective—I have ascertained many things which I hardly expected, and many things which Siow it to be a very mysterious casc. Rerorter—! am pretty well convinced already that itis a lor ip nag te case, but that is not the question. Did Mr. Goodrich commit suicide or was he murdered ? DETECTIVE—There has been a great deal written about this case; a great deal, perhaps, that should not have been written; but what 1 say to you, you know, is confidential. REPORTER (expectantly)—Certainly, Mr. Videto, You know I woul! not publish anything you might say to me confidentially. eTKOTIVE—Well, Vl tell you. There is consider. able in this case. (Looking confidentially and speaking lowly)--There’s A WOMAN IN THE CASE. Reporren (hopefully)—Who is she? What's her name? How does she figure in it? Dergcrrve—On, | couldn’ tell you that. That, perhaps, will come out by and by. Rerorrer—ut to return to the question. Was Mr. Goodrich murdered or did he commit suicide ? ‘this isa matter in which every citizen is inter- ited. Derectrye—Well, 1 couldn’t say. We think he committed suicide, REPORTER—Are you still working upon the case? Derecrive—Yes, we have not completed it yet. INTERVIBW WITH DETECTIVE FOLK. Mr. Folk, in in- RePoRTER—Are you still engaged, veatigating the Goodrich case? DervecriveYoq: | am stillat Work on it. ReEPorreR—You are still inclined to think Mr, Gooarich committed suicide? Durxcrive—I am. Rgrorrer—Is there anything new in the case; one which you can divuige? ETECTIVE—There is nothing which I can divulge: et present. You are still at work on the case? Derective—Yes; 1am still busy, and just going Off to look after a party. INTERVIEW WITH SERGEANT VAN WAGNER. Rerorrer—Is there anything new in the case ef joodrich? SERGEANT—No. ReroxrER—Can you tell yet whether he wag Murdered or committed su! ? SERGRANT—No. ‘The reporter, feeling quite convinced that it Would be useless to Diyany more questions to the sergeant, sought Raronran iret ee a poi & murder or suicide The Chief, with his thoughts probably absorbed nom seme: other subject, made no reply, RTER (again) f, was this ‘a case of murder or suicide? CuIg¥—One moment. (Exit Chief.) The Inquest Postponed for Judicious Reasons. At half-past seven o’clock last evening several witnesses, jurors and journalists assembled in the Coroners’ office, Court House, for the purpose of attending the inquest touching the mysterious taking off of Charles Goodrich. About eight o'clock Coroner Whitehill requested the gentlemen who had been sworn as jurors te step into the ante- chamber for a few moments, The jurors remained for fifteen minutes in private conference with the Coroner. While awaiting the assembling of the jury the fate of the victim of the tragedy was dis~ cussed by the writer with Dr. Morris, ex-Coroner, who expressed it as his opinion that Goodrich ha@ been murdered veyond a doubt, Either o! the tw@ bulets - which pectzaten the brain would. have roved fatal. ecvased could not possibly havet red two balls into his head. Alter the first fire he would have fallen forward. The Doctor's opinion is that the victim, im falling, struck his forehead against the sharp edge of the mantelplece, which accounts for the scar on the right eyebrow. He favors the theory that there were two engaged in the murder—_ aman and a@ woman—which accounts for the in= genious and deliberate manner in which the dead Man was found laid out, in order to mislead the oflicers of justice by giving the impression that it was a clear case oi Jelo de se, At a quarter after eight the jurymen reappeare& and took their seats, responding to their names ag follows :—William Richardson, Robert Speer, Daniek A. Kebbins, Daniel D. Whitney, Michael Brunett, Thomas Wilde, Henry Fowler, Wiliam Robinson, Owen Hagieton, Frank P. Gavin, Coroner Whitehill then said :— GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY—It was understood that we were to go on with the case to-day, but since then I have concluded that it would now be injudicious to do so. Tne case will, therefore, bd adjourned until Friday afternoon, at two e’clock, when we will again meet at this office. Funeral of the Victim. Aupany, N. ¥., March 24, 1873, The remains of the late Mr. Charles Goodrich; who was murdered recently in Brooklyn, arrived in this city last night. They were taken to an un- dertaker’s, and this morning conveyed to the arab ie Darling, of the Fourth Presbyteriaw burial Cemetery and deposited in a receiving vault. Rev. Dr. church, conducted the cemetery. Services at the The work of rebuilding the schooner yacht Idler, Mr. S.J. Colgate, N.Y.Y.C., 18 progressing satis. factorily at the shipyard of Mr. Henry Steers, Greenpoint, L. I. Among the other aiterationgs ‘7 feet have been added aft, giving the stern on deck, irom centre of rudder post, an overhang of 13 feet. ‘The topmasts have been increased 5 feet, the jib- booms 6 feet and the main boom 7 feet, which will. yucrease hex sail about 700 square feet. This yacht, always @lavorite, when fully fitted for the season, will favorably compare with any in the fect, and it is surmised that the improvements made will greatly increase her speed, as they will certainly: add much to her beauty. The spars of the sloop yacht Gracie, N.Y.Y.C., will, in @ short time, be reduced, and the boat generally overuauled, This work will be done at the yard of Mr, Steers. ‘The sloop yacht Psyche, Mr. E. N. Dickerson, will have six feet added forward this season. A new stern was given her last year. When fitted up she will join the New York Yacht Club fleet, The new steam yacht America, Mr. Henry N. Smith, N.Y.Y.C., wil be ready about the ist us June. Most of her machinery is in position and her joiner work is being rapidiy put in place, The schooner yacht Resolute, A. S. Hatch, Y.Y.C., now lying at Newpert, will be overhauled inashort time and thoroughly refitted for the coming season. The sloop yacht Addie, N.Y.Y.C., 1s about te change hands. The new schooner yacht of Mr. T, B. Asten, B.Y.C., 18 58 feet 3 inches on the water line, 70 feet over all, 18 feet breadth of beam, 6 feet 4 inches depth of hold and 6 feet draught of water. She is centre-board, Mr. David Carll, of City Island, is building a sloog yacht of handsome modei and tne very best materi- als for parties in New Jersey. She 44 feet keel, 16 feet 8 inches beam and 5 feet depth of hold, Mr. J, J. Treadweil’s new sloop will be launched within ten days. She is 42 feet in length over all,. and will be added to the Brooklyn Yacht Club fleet. The Boston Post, March 16, in reviewing the yachting prospects lor the coming season, gives the following information regarding the several clabs in that vicinity :— Tae Wasrenn Yaont Crvs.—Thia Club is the largest of vuhe several squadrons enumerated and numbers among its embers many of the prom. nent citizens of Boston and New York. it hag no regular club house, but its headquarters are at Beverly, where most of the bouts are kept, the others being stored in private boat houses in the vicinity of Swampscott. The Club consists of 250 members and forty-one boats, the latter classified centre-board and keel @chooners and sioops. he officers for the ensuing year are :—Commodore, —_ ; Vice Commodore, Stanton Whitney; Rear Commodore, Jobn Jeffries, Jr.; Secretary, Henry B. Jackson ; Treasurer, Addison Child; Meas- urer, Frank D. Child; Regatta Committee, W. M.’ bac , B. Joy Jeffries, Edward Burgess, Alfred inson. : Bosron Yacut CLup.—This is the oldest clad im this vicinity, having been formed in 1866, but ob- tained no churter until the Spring of 1868. It numbers 120 members and have thirty-six boats, divided into three classes, according to measure- ment. ‘The club 13 in a very prosperous condition, although no forma! preparations have been made for the coming season. It has no club house, but one is in contemplation. Annexed ts a list ot the ofiicers:—Commodore, Benjamin Dean; Vice Commodore, W. H. L. Smith; Kear Commodore, George B. Durfee; Secretary, Tuomas Dean : Treas- urer. Augustus Kuss; Measurer, D. J. Lawlor; Trustees, 8. D, Nickerson, Arthur Cheney, B, F. Gibbs; Regatta Committee, Benjamin Dean, A. C. Cary, W. 5. Whitney, G. Jackson, U. E. Ross. Beverty Yacut Civs.—This organization com- piees 100 members and has thirty-two boats, classi- led the same as the Boston club. ‘ ie has no regular club house, but its beats are mostly owned gs orn mere who keep them in various private at-houses Or anchored off Bev- erly, near the railroad bridge. It 1s proposed to have a series of regattas off Boston, Nahant, Swampscott and Beverly this seasc The follow- ing oMficers have been elected for the ensuing year:—Commodore, dward Burgess; Vice Com- Mmodore, William C. Loring; Secretary and Treas- urer, W. F. Whitney; Measurer, W. W. Lewis; Regatta Committee, Walter Burgess, N. Henry Gibbs, Charles K. Williams, Henry W. Lamb and W, F. Whitnay. LYNN YAH! CLUB.—There are at present thirty- three boats in this fleet and 162 members belong to the Ciub, The following are the officers for 1873 :— Commodore, B. ©. Neal; Vice Commodore, Howard Dennts; Fle ‘aptain, George Baker; Secretary, J. W. Haines; Tresarer, 8. F. Downes; Measurer, ‘Allen Hay; Regatta Committee, Q. A. Town, H. C. Stacey, W. B. Phillips, Allen Hay; Trustees, Q. A. Town, George L, Babb, 8. J. Roney. Dorcnrsren Yacut Ci.vB.—The Club numbers 153 members and has a fleet of fifty yachts, Omcers— Commodore, haga“? Barnard; Vice Commodore, Charlies E. Fuller; Secretary and Treasurer, Wil- liam H. Bangs, Jr.; Fleet Cap! , William F, Hal sall; Measurer, C. Boynton; Trustees, Charles E. Folsom,+ William T. Adams, W. H. L. Smith; Re- gatta Committee, Commodore Barnard, ©. E. Ful- ler, William Abbott, Omar Loring, William H. Bangs, Jr, Two new yachts will be added to the Club early in the season. Sovr Boston YacaT OLvB.—This Club consists of 145 members, and controls a fleet of thirty yachts, which are all in good order. The officers are :—Commodore, F. 8. Ma Sig Vice Commodore, £. D. Robinson; Fleet Captain, J. M. Ward ; Treas wos Thomas Christian; Measurer, J. W. Pierce; Keflatia Committee, T. R. Miller, E. D, Robinson, . Pierce and H. J, McKee. Bunker Hitt Yacut CLvs.—No changes have taken place in this club, with the exception of the addition of several new metnbers. The following ofticers have been elected for the ensning year:— Commodore, Joshua H. Pitman; Vice Commodore, aries T, Pierce; Fleet Captain, A. A. Lawrence Seeretary, Warren Ferrin; Treasurer, Geo J Melvin; Financial Secretary. PJ. Henchy; Trus. tees, Edward Cotter, charles #, match and William R. T5 master, John WIICOX ; Moesare 8,